January 2, 2014 · 2:14 am
Kate Adie recently presented a talk at the National Press Club in Australia which was featured on ABC television where there was a riveting Q and A session as well. It is highly recommended viewing not least because ADIE is … Continue reading →
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August 23, 2013 · 2:13 pm
Lisa Young, with title “All smiles on the Teardrop isle” Earlier this year British Airways’ only Sri Lankan Boeing 777 pilot landed one of the company’s jets in his home country for the first time in 15 years. Touching down … Continue reading →
October 26, 2013 · 8:13 am
A Poem coined by a famous Peradeniya honker turned Catholic priest Politics in Lanka is a dirty game Sans sense of honesty, honour or shame. On election-campaigns that squander millions, When in power, make illicit billions. Full of corruption, nepotism, … Continue reading →
November 6, 2013 · 2:12 pm
Chandra Wickramasinghe, courtesy of the Island, 6 November 2013, where the title is “Some historical perspectives in the interface between Sri Lanka and its Asian neighbours and the wider international community” With a historic CHOGM just round the corner, it … Continue reading →
September 1, 2011 · 9:45 am
Jane Rogers, in The Guardian 26 August 2011 Pic by Laurie Harris … “A novelist without a publisher is like a singer without a microphone … frankly, an embarrassment” It’s quite easy for a mainstream novelist to vanish. Poor sales for … Continue reading →
September 4, 2011 · 3:20 pm
Shyam Tekwani, courtesy of TEHELKA Magazine, Vol 6, Issue 20, May 23, 2009 Prabakaran had everything: territory, international support and committed fighters. Senior journalist SHYAM TEKWANI, who has covered the LTTE and Sri Lanka for almost three decades tracks the … Continue reading →
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October 24, 2010 · 1:54 pm
Courtesy of the Sunday Leader, 24 October 2010, where it has the caption: “Land Of My Forefathers Has Descended From Paradise Deep Into Hell” Your Excellency; Mrs. Rajapaksa; Hon. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee; Hon. Consul General Arora; Distinguished Guests; Ladies … Continue reading →
February 13, 2013 · 7:00 am
Michael Roberts, courtesy of Groundviews, where it appeared a few days back with one difference in the title In a significant act of outreach the Independence Day ceremonies were held in Trincomalee, a provincial city with a pronounced ethnic mix; … Continue reading →
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March 21, 2010 · 1:18 pm
The author’s endeavour in writing this book – ‘Governance, Heritage and Sustainability’ has been clearly ,to enlarge the concept of Governance as ordinarily understood, by encompassing within its wider scope, Heritage and Sustainability, thereby further humanizing it by bringing it … Continue reading →
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January 6, 2013 · 11:51 pm
From Daily News, 3 January 2013 Juliet Coombe took a gamble on entering the forts inner sanctum, the Galle Fort betting shops in the heart of popular pedlars street. From early morning to late afternoon, men scurry in and out … Continue reading →
